diff --git a/frontend/app/player/web/messages/PrimitiveReader.ts b/frontend/app/player/web/messages/PrimitiveReader.ts
index 8d178a140..99c01fa7d 100644
--- a/frontend/app/player/web/messages/PrimitiveReader.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/player/web/messages/PrimitiveReader.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { TextDecoder } from 'util';
-
 export default class PrimitiveReader {
   /** pointer for curent position in the buffer */
   protected p: number = 0;